Kenai's efforts to improve Wildwood Drive take a step forward. A new state report looks at Alaska's employment seasonality. Plus, surveyors study bald eagles in the Chilkat Valley.

The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District maps out a plan for considering school closures. Plus, Alaska's literacy legacy is highlighted in a new PBS program.

School board members generally supported the plan, but said they want more information about each scenario before signing off.

Rep. Justin Ruffridge is named House Minority whip. A new state report shows Alaska's infant mortality rate is going up. Plus, ConocoPhillips workers on the North Slope consider unionizing.

Ruffridge says he’ll be tasked with managing the inner workings of an ideologically diverse caucus.

Alaska State Troopers say 45-year-old Aaron “Scott” Merritt was found unresponsive in his Anchorage cell on Nov. 21 and was pronounced dead five days later. A Kenai Grand Jury indicted Merritt on 20 felony counts of sexual assault and abuse of a minor in late October.

A former Kenai church leader accused of sexual abusing underage girls dies in the custody of the Alaska Department of Corrections. Plus, Juneau's Mendenhall Glacier is officially no longer touching Mendenhall Lake.

The consultants say property taxes, production royalties and permitting are all areas state lawmakers may need to address.

Hometown musician returns from national tour opening for Blues Traveler

Creating a state forest would transfer control of existing state-managed land to the Alaska Division of Forestry and Fire Protection.